Lateral


The alveolar lateral ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (or ), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is (lambda bar). ...more on Wikipedia about "Alveolar lateral ejective affricate"

The palatal lateral flap is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. There is no symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound. However, the symbol for a palatal lateral approximant may be used with a breve as an ad hoc symbol, . ...more on Wikipedia about "Palatal lateral flap"

The symbol for the alveolar lateral flap is combined with the tail of the retroflex consonants to create the ad hoc symbol for the retroflex lateral flap, (here created as a digraph, with a diacritic for the tail, since there is no Unicode value for this symbol). While this is the expected symbol, it is not officially recognized by the IPA. In addition, now that font-editing software has become accessible, dedicated glyphs are sometimes created for such sounds, such as: ...more on Wikipedia about "Retroflex lateral flap"

The velar lateral flap is an allophone of the velar lateral approximant in some languages of New Guinea, such as Kanite and Melpa. The extremely short duration of the in intervocalic position (20-30 ms) warrants calling it a tap, according to Peter Ladefoged and Ian Maddieson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Velar lateral flap"

The voiceless alveolar lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is (or ), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is (lambda bar). ...more on Wikipedia about "Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate"

The Bura language of the Chadic family has a voiceless palatal lateral fricative that contrasts with both a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative and a palatal lateral approximant. In addition, Dahalo and Hadza have both voiceless and ejective palatal lateral affricates, and Iraqw may be similar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Voiceless palatal lateral fricative"

The Toda language has a voiceless retroflex lateral fricative that contrasts with both a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative and a retroflex lateral approximant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative"

The Archi language of the Dagestani family has a voiceless velar lateral fricative that is clearly a fricated, although further forward than velars in many languages, and might better be called pre-velar. Archi also has an affricate and ejective affricate at this place of articulation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Voiceless velar lateral fricative"

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